interviewing
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- — I Failed to Implement the Diameter of a Binary Tree in a Coding Interview
Six months ago I failed a basic coding interview at a FAANG. Yes, I was a Principal Engineer, and yes, I was paid absurd amounts of money, yet I couldn’t implement a diameter of...
- — Day 1 at Amazon Web Services & Principal Engineer Interviewing Tips
- — Phone Screens are Harmful and The Benefits of the Informational Interview
I learned about informationals at Microsoft. For any decent developer Engineering managers setup an in-person informational before sending you into a full job interview loop. Th...
- — The Other Side of Your Interview
I gave a talk yesterday at the Flatiron School about the interviewing and hiring process for Engineers at Artsy and beyond. This focuses primarily on explaining to juniors, ie. ...
- — American Horror Story and Entitlement in a Job Interview
“Wednesday night’s American Horror Story: Coven delivered an interesting theory on youth culture: Millennials are actually dead inside.” I’m quoting Bustle’s article, which quot...
- — Five Ways to Torture Candidates in a Technical Interview
When I joined Microsoft in ‘99 I was taught how to properly interview candidates. I was shown the wheel of competencies, a kind of a wheel of fortune where a color represents th...
- — You Have to Stop Saying Your Experience is Under NDA in Interviews
I talked to a developer recently. He said: